吴市吹箫(wú shì chuī xiāo): (idiom) to beg on the streets
(idiom) to beg on the streets
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- wú shì chuī xiāo
- Meaning
- (idiom) to beg on the streets; to fall into utter destitution (allusion to Wu Zixu's 伍子胥[Wu3 Zi3 xu1] exile and humiliation as described in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian" 史记)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 吳市吹簫
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